We will call it “badge”
Magnetic card: so is commonly called the magnetic badge.
Often, knowing the origin of words helps to better understand its meaning. To understand the term “card” is not required a deep etymological investigation.
It is derived from the Latin “charta” which comes from the greek “chartes”, of uncertain origin. In many modern languages has maintained over time much of its original structure.
“Magnetic” comes from the Latin word magnete, transcription and translation from the greek (lithos) magnes, (stone) of Magnesia, an ancient town in Asia Minor. Already in those days were known the properties of magnetic stones to attract some of the bodies and reject other parts.
It’s more correct to call it magnetic paper or card? It’s better to say card or badge?
Today we know that anyone can write and talk about what he likes most, using words in an inappropriate way and invent new ones. It really doesn’t shock any more.
The cards of the "eliasti", in bronze and engraved with the name and effigy of an owl, authorize the members of popular courts of Athens to access the sessions. In the ancient Rome there were corn-cards (which allowed to receive a certain amount of grain per month), military cards (used as a password or to identify the soldiers in the patrol shifts), eating cards, theater cards, gladiator cards, noble cards and so on…
Different types for several different purposes but with a common function: to enable the recognition of persons (or their class of belonging) through the reading of information marked clearly or "tagged." What other term today would be more appropriate?
In computer jargon, these cards regardless of the technology on which they are based, are called ID-Badge.
ID is an abbreviation for identification. Badge, of uncertain origin, has several meanings such distinctive emblem, plate or pin. It is and Anglo-Saxon word now claimed throughout the world. In more modern meaning it means precisely the recognition card personalized with logo, picture and data of the holder, to be exhibited on the dress or kept in pockets. The most simple and appropriate name for the "recognition card" is badge.
Fifty years old and it doesn’t seem so
The history of the badge is a grain of sand in the great adventure of information technology. Nobody talks about it in books of computer history. There is no trace in the numerous Computer Museums, real and virtual, that populate the planet. There’s anything in traditional and multimedia encyclopedias.
The news sources are rare, too limited, often contradictory.
Learn more about the early years of his life is almost impossible.
Born, so it seems, in the mid-sixties, from the combination of plastic and magnetic tape. The birth was long and troubled. After a childhood spent quite happy, it had a very active youth crowned by many successes.
Even today, although in full maturity, it shows great vitality despite some displeasure caused by impetuous young new entries which are trying to overcome it.
Today badges are a key component for controlling various aspects of a person's identity. Badges are easy to use and convenient for your employees, students, consultants, and authorized visitors. Badges transparent integration with your existing security and access control systems and provide a high level of trust and safety for the workplace or campus.
For schools: Badges ensure that school officials know who is on campus at any time. They can be worn with lanyard, clip, and used as student badges. Make sure that no unauthorized persons have access to school buildings and grounds to be given to students and employees with badges and photos that require their use in the entry. And in case of emergency, it is important to know who is who, and to identify who is on site.
Badges are a simple, efficient, and effective way to ensure the safety and the school for working students, to keep out intruders, and to prevent theft and vandalism.
For companies: the employees of the paper to ensure the security and safety of your employees and buildings. You know that is under construction in all times, and - if necessary - who have visited over the weekend. When full-time employees, part-time, consultants, maintenance staff, and all visitors are authorized badges can be sure t
hat no unauthorized persons access. Keep out thieves, corporate spies, and prowlers. Maintain the confidentiality, safe working environment with a complete and easy to use, system security badges.
Employee badge does not only support the safety and integrity of the workplace, but also help to give employees a sense of belonging and community, as the operation plates in a social event. In addition, they provide an easy way for your employees to facilitate the application of security, such as the construction of their entry and exit, to note when people without security id badge attempt to enter the building.
